Tag: 2018 budget
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NASS did not show enough commitment to passage of 2018 budget – Akabueze
…advocates quick enactment of the’organic budget law’ The Director General of budget office of the federation, Ben Akabueze on Saturday accused the national assembly of not showing enough commitment to the passage of the 2018 appropriation bill. The DG, therefore, advocated that the national assembly should expedite actions the enactment of the “organic budget law”…
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NASS 2018 Budget will be made public – Senate Leader
The Senate Leader, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday said the 2018 Budget of the National Assembly would be made public. Lawan said this while briefing newsmen journalists on the objectives of the “Open NASS’’ initiative designed to increase public access to the operations of the national assembly. Lawan heads the Special Committee set up to organise…
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APC Lawmaker reveals when 2018 budget’d be ready
Rep. Zakari Mohammed, the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Education, has assured that the country’s 2018 budget would by end of April. Mohammed told newsmen in Ogbomoso on the sideline of an empowerment programme organised by Rep. Segun Ogunwuyi (APC-Ogbomoso North/South/Oriire) for his constituents. Ogunwuyi had through the programme empowered 827 beneficiaries, including various…
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NASS shifts 2018 Budget approval date
Contrary to expectations that the 2018 budget estimates of N8.612 trillion would be passed by April, the National Assembly has postponed the approval of this year’s budget till May 2018. Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, Mustapha Dawaki, made this known at the 2018 National Budget Hearing in Abuja on Tuesday. The hearing was jointly organised…
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Zonal intervention projects: No amount of blackmail’ll stop us – Dogara
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said that no amount of blackmail from any quarters will force the National Assembly to abandon Zonal Intervention Projects because it is the tool with which they ensure equity in project allocation nationwide. He added that though the instrumentality of zonal intervention projects has…
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2018 Budget: Dogara remarks at NASS public hearing
It is my honour and privilege to welcome us all to this crucial Public Hearing on the 2018 National Budget, organized jointly by the Committees on Appropriation of the Senate and House of Representatives. This is the second in the series of National Annual budget Hearings put together by the National Assembly and I wish…
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2018 Budget: Saraki remarks at NASS public hearing
It is my pleasure to welcome you all to the Joint National Public Hearing on the 2018 Budget. When the first joint session took place last year, the conclusion was indicative of our intention to make this an annual event, and we are keeping to that resolve. In the 8th National Assembly, we believe that…
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Electoral Act Amendment: Investigation opens into alleged N17.9m for pro-executive Senators
Senate President Bukola Saraki has directed the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to investigate pro-executive Senators allegedly lining up for N17.9 million. The Senate President gave the directive after Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, citing Order 15, moved that the Senate investigate into a publication that pro-executive Senators and House of Representatives lined up…
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JUST IN: 2018 Budget sees light as NASS holds 2nd joint public hearing
The 2018 Budget is seeing the light of day as the National Assembly (NASS) has converged to hold a second Joint Public Hearing on the 2018 appropriation bill in order to receive inputs and ensure inclusiveness of citizens, stakeholders and development partners. TheNewsGuru reports the public hearing is holding at conference room 022, ground floor…
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National Assembly fixes date for passage of 2018 budget
The Speaker of the House of Representatives,Yakubu Dogara on Wednesday confirmed that the 2018 Appropriation Bill will be passed by the National Assembly on April 24. Dogara, who gave the hint at plenary said a harmonised committee of the two chambers of the Parliament had proposed to lay the budget on April 19 to prepare…